Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Oceania, 1979

Oceania
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Oceania was 2.64 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 460,749 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
460,749
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
22,653,380
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.40.3%1,482
15-1943.58.2%45,592
20-24142.727.0%134,798
25-29167.731.7%148,845
30-34100.018.9%82,863
35-3950.29.5%33,632
40-4419.63.7%11,390
45-493.80.7%2,037
50-540.20.0%86